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 * Copyright 2009 Huascar A. Sanchez                                        *
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package com.gotobject.filter;

import com.gotobject.filter.builders.RestrictedFilteringBuilder;
import static com.gotobject.filter.common.Iterables.asIterable;

import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
import java.io.File;

/**
 * starting point - all FilterQ calls start from here.
 * @author huascar.sanchez@gmail.com (Huascar A. Sanchez)
 */
public class FilterQ {
    private FilterQ(){
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this is a utility class.");
    }

    public static <T> RestrictedFilteringBuilder<T> from(T... source) {
        return from(asList(source));
    }

    public static <T> RestrictedFilteringBuilder<T> from(Iterable<T> source){
        return new FilterImpl().from(source);
    }

    public static RestrictedFilteringBuilder<String> from(File file){
        return from(asIterable(file));
    }

    public static RestrictedFilteringBuilder<String> from(String text){
        return from(asIterable(text));
    }
}
